*Down to the Wire*: AL East/West/WC race thread.

[Nellie_Fox]

Originally Posted by doublem23

...much moreso than verbal where at let every team plays every other in its own league.

I'm guessing auto-correct made a shambles of that?

[doublem23]

Originally Posted by JB98

I wasn't in love with the Liriano acquisition either.

Dempster has allowed 100 baserunners, including 10 home runs, in 69 innings with Texas.

Liriano has allowed 89 baserunners (7 HRs) in 56 2/3 innings with the Sox.

They both have SUCKED.

Liriano was probably a better gamble because A) The price was less and B) At one point in time, he had enough stuff to be a top-of-the-rotation guy in the American League.

Obviously, that acquisition did not work for the Sox. But, frankly, I think Gavin Floyd is a better pitcher than Ryan Dempster. That's lost on a lot of Chicagoans because Dempster looks pretty good when he's going up against weak NL lineups.

No way in hell I would have given up anything more than a bag of balls for Dempster, which is basically what KW gave up for Liriano.

Dempster's stats are padded by a couple of rough starts out of the gate with Texas but I believe for most of the lay two months he's been both consistent and good.

[doublem23]

Originally Posted by Nellie_Fox

I'm guessing auto-correct made a shambles of that?

Ugh, wow.

[DSpivack]

Originally Posted by doublem23

Wow this could literally not be any more wrong. NFL teams play a 16-game schedule so with the annual home-and-home series with divisional opponents, you only play 13 teams in a league of 32. Schedule difficulty varies widely in football, much moreso than baseball where at least every team plays every other in its own league.

Maybe try not to comment on subjects you are clearly ignorant on.

Between divisions, yes. Within divisions, no. I don't really see a huge difference.

[doublem23]

Originally Posted by DSpivack

Between divisions, yes. Within divisions, no. I don't really see a huge difference.

But most of the playoff seeing is done with teams outside one's division

The Beats and any members of the East and South divisions (1/2 the NFC) could only have 2-3 common opponents.

[JB98]

Originally Posted by doublem23

Dempster's stats are padded by a couple of rough starts out of the gate with Texas but I believe for most of the lay two months he's been both consistent and good.

He won five starts in a row at one point, but four of the five were against the AL Central dregs. He was bad, then good, then back to bad again.

In other words, he's a back-end guy in the American League.

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